Heading into the Cairns Hinterland we stopped at Davis Creek for the night - which turned into 3 days! The cool water and the serenity of the creek and camping right beside it made it too tempting to stay for a little longer, swim, read, bake a bread, wash and cook the best pizza ever. For most of the time the local wildlife were our only neighb...

Got up early today and was picked up at 8:15! Boarded the Reef Rocket and headed out to Green Island, which was only about 45 mins away from Cairns. It felt cold today, of course this is officially day 2 of winter over here! I still can't get used to June being winter :-S I got all my equipment for snorkelling, including a lycra suit to protect ...

As we left Cape Tribulation we stopped at a couple of beaches called Cow Bay and Cape Kimberley. Then we crossed the river and headed south down towards Cairns stopping at most of the Northern beaches including Palm Grove, Machans, Clifton and Trinity beaches. We then changed our plans and decided to go inland a little to Kuranda where there is ...

Yes.... my hot air balloon trip got cancelled late yesterday evening.... I was sort of half expecting it after all the rain yesterday and seemingly its been like this for the last week here in Cairns. Ah well - I'm disapointed as I was really looking forward to it and its unlikely to get reschueduled as its giving rain until Tuesday and then im ...

Thankfully, it wasn't all work, work, work. In between the madness of the bats, the death & destruction, the baby and the other assorted critters, I did get time for a bit of r 'n' r. There were a few trips to Cairns but I can't say that I'd particularly recommend it. It is unashamedly a full-on tourist town. There are lots of theme bars and...

On Wednesday the 18th of July Arie and I met at the back entrance to the shopping mall where the train station is located. We got the scenic train at 9:30am to Kuranda. Kuranda is a village in the rain forest. The scenic train is just nice way to get there. Along the way you are told about the different tunnels, bridges, water falls, why it was...

Von einer netten Dame an einer Info und von einem Schweizerpaar, das wir getroffen haben, haben wir uns sagen lassen, dass die Highlands(Hinterland von Cairns) sehr schön sein soll. Unser erster Stopp ist Kuranda. Dort hat es Tierparks und viele Shops mit Kunsthandwerk. Leider ist es sehr touristisch und nachdem wir durch das Dorf spaziert sind,...

Today we went to Granite Gorge which is really nice and there are loads of rock wallabies that you can feed. We then headed down to Milaa Milaa falls, bit of a swim and then up to Kuranda. Spent the night in Kuranda Backpackers.

24th June to 26th June - Rainforest Village of Kuranda We drive further into the rainforest region to a village called Kuranda. On the way we stopped at some great lookout points and also at 'Mobo Crater' which is literally a huge green crater in a volcano. It was actually pretty amazing to see something like this and it definately gave us a 'wo...

Having done all the necessaries to start our road trip we headed inland from Cairns towards Kuranda and the Atherton Tablelands. Kuranda is a wierd little 'town' in the hills about 30 km out of Cairns. It used to be a nice little hippy commune but it has since become a tourist hotspot during the day and lost any innocent ideals of quiet living a...